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New Intl. Junior Event
Created by Peter Nicol
By Martin Bronstein© 2003; all rights of reproduction reserved.
June 23, 2003 

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Nicol Adds to Growing Empire.

Even before his first Prince English Open has taken place, Peter Nicol has
added a junior version to run concurrently to the main event in mid-August.
He and co-director, Tim Garner are responsible for running Eventis Sports
Marketing, and their first ever event has grown like topsy. It started out
as a 3-star event and within a month had grown to a four star event. With
the addition of the English Junior Open, sponsored by Prince, it could be
a biggeer event this year than the British Open.

The Prince English Junior Open is the latest in a long line of ‘firsts’ that
the Eventis company has introduced to the squash world.

“Following on from the first ever squash event Sheffield's Crucible
Theatre, the inaugural Prince English Open and a brand new portable court,
we are excited to announce that the junior event will be the first time that
the English Junior Open title is up for grabs” said World no.1, Peter
Nicol.

The Prince English Junior Open will be run in association with England
Squash, and will be split between two Sheffield clubs, Abbeydale SRC &
Hallamshire LT & SC. The tournament will take place from 13-15th August 2003
with matches each day, but finishing in time for the competitors to get down
to the Crucible to watch the PSA world ranking event.

Nicol’s fellow director Tim Garner explained the thinking behind the new
event. “We saw an opportunity to give the country’s future stars the chance
to play in their own prestigious event, and at the same time enabling them
to see the current stars in action. As a result, we will be limiting the
draw size in each of the events to 16 players (places taking from England
Squash’s rankings). This means that we can play a monrad system,
guaranteeing each player 4 matches, but still being able to complete
proceedings by the start of the professional tournament.”

England Squash already runs the successful British Junior Open in Sheffield,
which last year attracted over 500 entries, so the smaller field for the
Prince English Junior Open should ensure a very smoothly run event. England
Squash events director Chris Nutley commented, “We are whole-heartedly
behind this initiative from Eventis. The junior scene here continues to go
from strength to strength and it is great that they will have another
prestigious title to play for. The fact that the competitors will be able to
draw inspiration from the world’s best playing at the Crucible can only add
to the event.”

The entry form is now available for the Prince English Junior Open on the
England Squash website (www.englandsquash.com) and also the dedicated Prince
English Open site (www.englishopensquash.co.uk).

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